It seems that they have just met. They were examining the place carefully, making sure that no one was around. Father Giovanni said, what the hell is going on, Maria, is your conscious torturing you again? Remember this is a burden you have to bear if you want to stay here with Paolo.
It seems that she is the one who asked for the meeting.
remember the two-year-old baby that you deprived of her family. She is now Bella and both she and Paolo are asking a lot of questions, they are looking for Stella.
The father replied we must get rid of them quickly. The old man quickly agreed. Madam Donatti objected, if you touch a hair of Paolo's head, you will have no one to present to Uncle de' Medici as Stella, You two crows get the most out of it, still biting Stella's body, The old man interrupted her. It was an accident. All I wanted was to marry her off, but she ran away. That was an accident, I didn't mean to kill her.
no, You wanted to sell her alive for your addiction, and now you want to sell her dead, damn how I married you all these years, I won't let you touch a hair from Bella's head either said Madam Eve.
The two women said together, If anything bad happens to the children, you will not see a penny from Stefano de' Medici, we will make sure of it.
Well let's all calm down, what do you propose we do then?
Miss Donatti said that there is a solution that satisfies everyone, Bella is a fragile girl, and she doubts her mind a lot, she saw her sister being killed, it is true that she managed to escape from you, but it left a big hole in her mind, so if we put her in a mental hospital. taking into consideration all the things she has been through, and even if she remembered No one will believe a girl who cannot tell what is real and what's not, I can offer my advice to the town hospital to monitor her, but we have to get Paolo away from her, he was planning to leave this town, with Bella going he will leave inevitably, I can convince him to.
Madam Eve strongly objected. Bella had stopped hearing them for a while, as sadness filled her heart, how can one forget his sister, his only family, she was searching for the truth from the beginning but now that she has found it, it is not enough, this cannot be all there is, what is she To do with it anyway, does she go to the police? No, no one will believe her, not before she finds sufficient evidence, and perhaps she will never find it. She does not have time for this. She has to find Paolo, he will know what to do. but if he doesn't wanna be found the devil will not be able to find him.
Think Bella, she left unnoticed, they are still plotting about her future, heading to Grandma's house she got there exhausted, told Grandma everything, asked about Paolo who hadn't come back yet. Grandma made them hot tea, and they sat around the fire, Bella, you shall rest here as long as you like, but I cannot protect you, now none of them will suspect that you are here, you and Paolo must leave this town, it is not safe for you any longer.
Bella agreed she spent her night In the room that Grandma had prepared for her, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.
Bella woke up in the morning, she was hoping that everything would pass, that it would be a nightmare and it would be over, but it wasn't. She waited for Paolo for so long, but he didn't come. Sadness overwhelmed her heart, although she was still unable to form a picture of Stella, a bond like that, the one she shared with Stella is difficult to go forever.
Her sadness was increased by Paolo's long absence. The grandmother did everything she could for her recovery, Bella regained her strength after a week, and she waited for Paolo another week, but no one came.
She left at night while Grandma was asleep, leaving behind a note she wrote to Paolo.
Paolo returned at dawn the next day, unaware of what he had missed. He had missed his last meeting with Bella.
he woke his grandmother up, they looked for her all over the house and the neighbourhood.
There was no trace of her except that orphan letter that was lying on the bed. The grandmother asked him to sit down and explain to him everything that happened before he opened the letter.
Paolo sees the best in people. Unlike Bella, he did not expect all this evil, ignoring all these surprises. Paulo focused on one thing, where is Bella ?
he opened the letter:
" Stella is not the only memory my mind has hidden from me, this town affects my sanity, they took Stella from me, they took her from my mind, from my heart, I can't conjure up a single memory of her, I've learned so much from you, I would like to stay with you, to be able to enjoy one last day together, but I'm afraid you will become one of those memories. I'd rather keep you in my imagination than forget you as if you never existed. I lived the best days of my life in my imagination anyway, thanks and my apologies".
Paolo left the house looking for her, hoping that it wasn't too late. He went around the whole town looking for her. No one can know what Bella is thinking as Paolo can. He tried desperately and searched a lot, but one thing he had missed, that Bella no longer exists. From now on there is only Vera.
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